George bryan meadows



Patented Nov. 22, |898.

G. B. MEAnows COT (Application med Aug. 24

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GEORGE BRYAN MEADOIVS, OF TORONTO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO TI-IE GEORGE B.MEADOWS TORONTO XVIRE IRON AND BRASS IYORKS COMPANY, LIMITED, OF SAMEPLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,566, dated November22, 1898.

Application iiled August 24, 1897. Serial No. 649,381. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BRYAN MEAD- cots; and the object of theinvention is to design a simple and light form ot' cot which may bereadily manipulated by the hand and swung gently and with the greatestease and gentleness of motion conducive tovsleep for loccupant and sohung that it will be impossible for the baby to fallout of it and itconsists, essentially, of a cot provided with suitable standards andframe connecting the standards at the bottom of the cot, the cot beinghung at each end on hooks at the top of the standards bya Y-shaped braceconnected to brackets at the bottom of the cot and to a hook connectedto the bottom of two springs having a connecting-loop at their upperends, which is hung over the hooks of the standards, as hereinafter moreparticularly explained.

Figure l is a perspective view showing my cot complete. Fig. 2 is anenlarged perspective detail of the hanging support.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

A is the cot proper, which is preferably made of open wire -work and isprovided with an upper rim c.

B is the head-standard, and C is the footstandard, of the cot, which isprovided with laterally-extending bracing-scrolls B and O.

b and 1/ are metal straps secured to the nprights B and forming,preferably, square sockets.

c and c' are metal straps secured to the standard C and forming,preferably, square sockets.

D is a central bracing-panel having square end hooks d, iitting in thesquare sockets Z) and b and square hooks d CZ fitting in the sockets cc'. In this manner the frame is braced together and yet maybe readilytaken apart for convenience in shipping.

B2 C2 are the hooks formed on the upper bent ends of the standards B andC.

E are Y- shaped supporting-braces having an upper loop e and lower hookse, which eX- tend through bracket-eyes a', secured on the ends of thecot-rim, as shown.

F is a Y-sha'ped hook which extends through a loop e at the upper end ofthe bracing-supports E. Hooks f are formed at the upper end of the Y-shaped hook F.

G is a supporting-eye having I-shaped ends g of equal size.

Il are spiral springs arranged in pairs at each end of the cot andhooked to the tops of the eyes g and at the bottom to the hooks f.

Having now described the principal parts involved in my invention, Ishall briefly describe its utility.

By taking hold of the upper rim of the cot it may be swunglongitudinally or laterally with the greatest ease and gentleness ofmotion. A single swing will keep it moving for many minutes. The cot mayalso be given a gentle vertical motion against the tensio of the springsII.

' Vhen the child is in the cot, should it lean over to try to get outthe sides of the Y- shaped end braces E may assume a perpendicularposition on account of the eXtra Weight at the one side of the cot, butunder no circumstances can the cot be precipitated any farther on itsside, and consequently it would be impossible for the baby to fall out.

That I claim as my invention is I. In combination with a cot andsupporting-standards therefor at the head and foot thereof, a pair ofsprings at each end intermediate of the standard and cot, the springs ofeach pair being arranged parallel to each other and a divergingconnection between each pair of springs and the cot, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a cot, in combination the supportingstandards, the cot properhaving an upper rim, eyes on the rim, the Y- shaped braces hooked insuch' eyes, the Y-shaped hooks having upper eyes, the double-looped eyesand the double springs at each end all arranged as and for the purposespecified.

'GEORGE BRYAN MEADOWS.

IVi-tncsses B. BOYD, H. DnNNIso'N.

